ETFs

July 17: The space, once scoffed at by managers, is expected to grow by more than $300 billion this year.

Investment head Tim Buckley will succeed Bill McNabb, who led efforts that more than tripled the firm’s assets since taking over as CEO in 2008.

Employers should be encouraged to provide their workers affordable, simplified long-term care insurance for employees age 45 and older, says report from the Bipartisan Policy Center.

For those worried that high valuations guarantee trouble in the markets, data shows pricey equities can get even pricier.

The firm is adjusting to more investors opting for low-cost funds over active management.

Aside from stocks, strong and consistent trends have been hard to come by this year.

Prices that reached an almost seven-month high in June have now dropped for five straight weeks, the longest slump this year.

The new job will focus on middle-office services like hedge funds, software solutions and the firm’s message and connectivity engine.

The influence of index and ETFs is growing, but it's not destabilizing yet.

East Capital’s founder says investors struggling to demonstrate value in the face of competition from ETFs should take a lesson from investing in Russia.

July 10: U.S. Trust’s Scott Reeves has faced skepticism about his firm’s strategy. He welcomes the chance to challenge any misconceptions.

The positive net flows of U.S. mutual funds was driven by taxable bonds.

U.S. Global's fund enters the market at a time when the precious metal is down roughly 10% from its peak a year ago.

Even though they have posted positive returns, debt and equities markets have been moving in opposite directions for the better part of two decades.

Despite the trend away from actively managed mutual funds, the firm is bolstering advertising efforts and adding new products to lure clients.

Distributors are no longer content with labeling their products with star investors.

Providers have been slashing fees. But with expenses already so low, some question the sense of switching just to save a few basis points.

The issue comes to down whether the strategy is good at picking stocks primed to rise.

Beneficiaries owe no federal tax on collected payouts after the policyholder dies.

Assets in products susceptible to the risk of fire sales during a future shock are up 673% since 2000.